The Lithuanian Interior Ministry proposes that the government consider declaring a state of emergency in border municipalities, Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite said on Tuesday. “The Interior Ministry is submitting a proposal to assess the situation and possibly declare a state of emergency,” she said at a news conference. The governmentContinue Reading
Thunder damage on electric appliances, storm damage on house roofs and melted power banks – all this and many more accidents has this summer’s weather brought in Estonia and has been covered by insurance companies. Insurance company If Kindlustus has Triinu Pärn as it senior manager of property insurance. «AContinue Reading
Latvian female tennis players Alyona Ostapenko and Anastasija Sevastova could not pass the first stage of the tournament of the Olympics and later lost doubles as well. This means their participation in the Olympics is over. Ostapenko and Sevastova failed to pass the first stage of doubles at the TokyoContinue Reading
The Lithuanian Migration Department is currently unable to process asylum applications within 10 days due to its heavy workload, the authority’s director said on Thursday. “[Ten days] will not be sufficient, because there are so many applications, and we do not have so many employees, but we have started preparationsContinue Reading
A total of 44 new COVID-19 cases were uncovered in Latvia in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 138 344 since spring 2020. The latest public data for Estonia reports 132 180 confirmed coronavirus patients. 121 new patients were registered in the past day.Continue Reading
Latvia must earmark budget funds to strengthen its eastern border, President Egils Levits said in an interview with Riga TV24 channel on Wednesday. Commenting on the Baltic presidents’ stance on eastern neighbors – Belarus and Russia, Levits said that Belarus is currently using migrants as a weapon against Lithuania, whichContinue Reading
In north-eastern Estonia, an oil spill has been found near the Baltic Sea Port of Sillamäe. On Sunday, July 18, the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board’s Maritime Surveillance Centre was notified of 20 or more litres of oil spilled into the Baltic Sea. The responsible services accessed the siteContinue Reading
According to the ruling conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the bill is being proposed by the ruling majority in the parliament in cooperation with leaders of the majority of opposition groups. “In recent weeks, we have seen the government’s widespread effort to fight hybrid aggression. Therefore, demonstrating unityContinue Reading
Active cooperation among the Baltic states will help more successfully to overcome the consequences from the Covid-19 pandemic, said Latvian parliament speaker Inara Murniece (National Alliance) during the meeting of the Baltic parliament speakers in Riga on Thursday. The Saeima press service reported that the Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian parliamentContinue Reading
“As far as we know, a significant share of those individuals arrive through Turkish airports using flights from Turkey. We believe that Turkey has information about the identity of those people. Identification of people is one of the bigger challenges faced by the Lithuanian government today,” Foreign Minister Gabrielius LandsbergisContinue Reading